Cockatoo v human: the battle of the bins – Full Story Summer

It’s human against cockatoo in what experts have called an ‘interspecies innovation arms race’. Residents in some Sydney suburbs have been locked in battle for decades trying to secure their trash from increasingly canny bin-raiding cockies. Laura Murphy-Oates captures the frustration of the residents of Stanwell Park, and celebrates the learning and adaptability behaviours of the cheeky cockatoo